Spanish PM Sanchez and King Felipe VI hold security meeting

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and King Felipe VI hold a security meeting with the government on Tuesday, a day after a massive blackout hit the Iberian peninsula, stranding passengers in trains and hundreds of elevators while millions saw phone and internet coverage die. Sanchez said about 15 gigawatts of electricity, more than half of the power being consumed at the time, "suddenly disappeared" in about five seconds.

Power has been restored to more than 99 percent of mainland Spain and around 6.2 million households in Portugal out of 6.5 million, according to the national electricity grid operator. 

The outage rippled briefly into southwest France while Morocco saw disruption to some internet providers and airport check-in systems.